Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-07
BURNED TO DEATH.
HORRIBLE FATE OF A NORTH CARO-.
LISA WOMAN.
Drowned Personal Notes.-The National
Drill An Exciting and Novel
Bear Hunt
Especial telegram to tho Dispatch.l

Especial telegram TO tho Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, N. G., April 6.-Your cor
respondentto-d day interviewed Secretary
Wilson, of the State Horticultural So
cieiy, in regard TO the damage to fruit
by the frosts. He says nine tenths OF
the peaches are killed, but that on high
land in the central part OF the State
enough are left for a good crop. ALI
pears in bloom, comprising all the early
varieties, are killed. Grapes and APP
| plesare not hurt. prominent trucker
ffom the Newberne section to-day said
that the loss by frosts to truck there is
certainly half OF the crop. y
FATAL ACCIDENTS.
News was received to-day OF two ia
tai accidents. Rose johnson, an aged
woman, was burned to death in her
house, in New Hanover county. The
house was also burned.
Adam Woodbury. fell out of his boat
in Brunswick county and was drowned.
The grand jury has found true bill
against the officer in charge of Jones'
county Jail for the recent escape of pri-
| soners.
Private dispatches received here to-
day from Washington stated that in the
national drill negro troops would be
encamped separately, and would HAYES
special drll.
Two fires are reported. The barns
and their contents belonging to W. II.
Gregory, at Statesville, have been de-
stroyed. Loss, $1,000. Incendiaries
did the work. The residence OF H.
Baumgartner, at Charlotte, has been
burned, with all the contents. Loss,
5000 insurance, 81 900.
Near Fremont. Wayne county, j. H.
Perkins, well-known citizen, was
found dead An examination revealed
the fact that there was bullet in his
brain. As yet it is not known whether
the case is one of murder or suicide. 1t
is being carefully investigated.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Governor Scales left for Philadelphia
this morning. Hewill meet his daugh-
ter, Miss Katie Scales, and they willgo
to Old Point, where they will spend
some days.
The cotton-factory property at New
berne was sold yesterday, and brought
$1,000. The machinery is old and not
the best. There is capital opening
for the development of this factory.
Professor i. A. Alderman, superin-
tendent of the Goldsboro' Graded
School, has been elected superintend-
ent of the Asheville Summer Normal
School. He is very able educator.
1t is likely that there will be trouble
in few days over the drummers'- Ii
cense matter. A drummer said to your
correspondent to-day that he had taken
out no license, but would go right ahead
and sell. He said that many sheriffs
are not interfering with drummers at
all.
OYSTER CULTURE.
The law passed by the Legislature in
regard to the promotion of oyster cul-
ture is thus early beginning to bear
fruit, and oyster farms will be estab-
lisbed in numbers. The attention of
northern men is already attracted to
this coast, and many inquiries as to the
law are made, and the various sounds,
&C., are being inspected. The law APP
plies to all the waters save those in
Carteret county-an unfortunate omis-
sion. BY next autumn great deal will
have been done in the way of laying of |
grounds, &c.
RAILWAY NEWS.
Tho ,,an,n1a of In rIo ~. =. go c.,DotI., -,
terested in the construction of the Dur
ham, Blue-Wing and GAINESVILLE rail
way and the statement that it will be |
completed from GAINESVILLE to Blue |
Wing in six months.
The large majority of the people |
of New Hanover county desire q sub
scription of 100000 to the capital |
stock of the Wilmington, Onslow and
East Caroliua railroad. The matter Vas |
voted on last week. Nearly every vote |
polled was cast for the project, but yet |
not majority of the registered voters |
was secured. There was fear that the |
election would 60 by default. But the |
matter has been thrown into the SUI
preme Court, which will settle the ques-
ton. Some yearsago a similar election
was held at Oxford. The court decided |
that majority OF the persons voting
settled the question, and that a majority |
of the registered vote was not necessary.
CURRENT NEWS.
An enormous bear was killed yester-
day by party of fifty citizens of the
town of Swansboro', Hyde county.
j he bear very coolly entered the town.
With every sort of weapon and with
dogs by the score the people pursued
the bear. A dozen shots were fired at
the animal, which entered small
pond. Captain Heady, one of tina hunt
Frs, jumped upon his back, and 50 rode
across the pond. Then another attack
was made upon the bear, and in two
hours time he was killed and carried
back to the town by the triumphant
huntsmen,
Measles continue to rage in Iredell,
Cabarrus, Alexander, and Rowan conn
lies. 1t is of fatal and very curious
;ype, and the number OF deaths has
been quite large, both of old and young
people. Three years ago the same
ype of the disease prevailed in two
ovnships in Wake county, and nearly
ifty persons died of it in three weeks
ime.
Commissioner Patrick will undoubt-
IDLY succeed in establishing a winter
-esort on Edentcn bay. He SAYS that
IN the shores OF that noble sheet of
water he has discovered the ideal loca-
ion for resort-a natural park, with
noble trees, on bold beadland. He
8 also examining points near New
)erne.